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can imagine, but russia, japan, the philippines, indonesia, guam and the u.s. state of hawaii as well. this is evolving into an international event. dramatic footage, homes and buildings just being washed away as tsunami just literally 13-foot tsunami engulfs that country. >> take a look at this water damage here as you see it plowing over buildings. you see homes, businesses, cars absolutely being caught up in this flood. we've all, of course, been familiar with the damage that a tsunami can cause. right now there is a warning about another tsunami that could hit. this one was 19 feet and apparently there are more that could hit. >> right now we're getting information that this is the biggest earthquake since 1995. the biggest earthquake since 1995. it struck at about 2:46 japan time, shortly after 1:00 a.m. eastern time. 8.8, a monster earthquake. already word from japanese officials that they're going to -- already in the process now of accepting foreign assistance because the scope of this is going to be unbelievable. let's take a listen now to nhk, the jap
can imagine, but russia, japan, the philippines, indonesia, guam and the u.s. state of hawaii as well. this is evolving into an international event. dramatic footage, homes and buildings just being washed away as tsunami just literally 13-foot tsunami engulfs that country. >> take a look at this water damage here as you see it plowing over buildings. you see homes, businesses, cars absolutely being caught up in this flood. we've all, of course, been familiar with the damage that a tsunami...
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we talk about the tsunami philippine officials are evacuating the eastern sea board next peck taition of tsunami following this 8.9 magnitude earthquake in japan. about 2 hours 35 or 40 minutes ago. >> yes. certainly this is something that is going to be changing as the evening progresses here. we have talked about this speed at which tsunami moves across open water. 500 to 600 miles an hour an that's how these different forecasters are predicting when this might hit. in fact in hawaii the tsunami is expected to hit at 3:00 a.m. local time which is 6:00 a.m. our time. >> right. this is live picture now of the oil refinery l that is about 20 miles from downtown tokyo. it is called the cosmo oil refinery in hich har a city and burning ferociously since the earth quabing happened and you can see the plume of smoke 20 millions away in downtown tokyo. the fire has continueed to spread in the aftermath of the earthquake. started out i wouldn't say small but certainly grown to significant size now clearly a full blown disaster at the oil refinery. >> we are lacking also at fire here l in the
we talk about the tsunami philippine officials are evacuating the eastern sea board next peck taition of tsunami following this 8.9 magnitude earthquake in japan. about 2 hours 35 or 40 minutes ago. >> yes. certainly this is something that is going to be changing as the evening progresses here. we have talked about this speed at which tsunami moves across open water. 500 to 600 miles an hour an that's how these different forecasters are predicting when this might hit. in fact in hawaii...
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the u.s. >>> good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us on this very busy news day. a major disaster is unfolding in japan, after a megaearthquake hit overnight. >> now, the quake has triggered a tsunami in the northern part of the country. a 13-foot wall of water, washing away cars, busses, buildings, homes. incredible footage. >> tsunami warnings are postc, in of the pacific, including hawaii, where the coast guard is standing by. a powerful quake was centered around the area of sendai. but it rocked buildings in tokyo, hundreds of miles away. akiko fujita joins us from tokyo this morning. akiko, what is the latest? >> reporter: we are getting new numbers. we now know there are 18 people confirmed dead. that's from our partner out here, nhk. 18 people confirmed dead. and 60 people injured in tokyo alone. keep in mind that tokyo is hours away from the epicenter. 60 people injured in tokyo. we're not getting numbers out of northern japan where the epicenter was. but the numbers expected
the u.s. >>> good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us on this very busy news day. a major disaster is unfolding in japan, after a megaearthquake hit overnight. >> now, the quake has triggered a tsunami in the northern part of the country. a 13-foot wall of water, washing away cars, busses, buildings, homes. incredible footage. >> tsunami warnings are postc, in of the pacific, including hawaii, where the coast guard is standing by. a powerful quake was centered...
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our economic officers in the philippines helped when a $21 million contract that will create jobs throughout tennessee. this budget funds the people that make possible everything i have described. it allows us to sustain relations with 190 countries. it allows development officers spreading opportunity and economic officers who think about how to put americans back to work. several of you have asked the department about the safety of your constituents in the middle east. they evacuated 2600 americans from egypt and libya and 17,000 from haiti. they served as our first line of defense against would-be terrorists seeking visas to enter our country. i would like to say something about funding for 2011. the 16% cut that passed the house last month would be devastating to our national security. it would force us to scale back dramatically on critical missions in pakistan. we need a fully engaged and fully funded national security team include, in state and u said. have been always moments to resist obligations beyond our borders but each time we have shrunk from global leadership events have some
our economic officers in the philippines helped when a $21 million contract that will create jobs throughout tennessee. this budget funds the people that make possible everything i have described. it allows us to sustain relations with 190 countries. it allows development officers spreading opportunity and economic officers who think about how to put americans back to work. several of you have asked the department about the safety of your constituents in the middle east. they evacuated 2600...
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i saw some of that in the philippines, but it was very brief. this was absolutely indescribable and now we're involved in a war in afghanistan. i see the casualty list every day on the news when i watch national public television. and i'm deeply disturbed by the way the president, who i supported and voted for and urged all my friends to vote for and so on, the way he and his administration have handled our foreign affairs in the middle east. >> let's get a response, david, from congressman larson. >> david, certainly, first of all, thank you for your service to the country and i certainly share a number of your concerns, have nothing but the utmost respect for our president but since vietnam, this has been a very tender issue-to-so to speak, tender from this perspective. the constitution clearly lays out congress is an equal partner in declaring war and also the war powers act also would lay out the process by which woe go to war. and especially underlining that are some core concepts. are the -- is the -- does libya represent an imminent threa
i saw some of that in the philippines, but it was very brief. this was absolutely indescribable and now we're involved in a war in afghanistan. i see the casualty list every day on the news when i watch national public television. and i'm deeply disturbed by the way the president, who i supported and voted for and urged all my friends to vote for and so on, the way he and his administration have handled our foreign affairs in the middle east. >> let's get a response, david, from...